Internet Relay Chat (IRC) is just another form of chatting, mainly designed for group communication in discussion forums, called channels, but also allows one-on-one communication via private messages. The chat process works on a client/server networking model. IRC clients are computer programs that a user can install on their system and use to communicate with chat servers to transfer messages to other clients. Advised IRC clients are mIRC, ChatZilla, HexChat, HydraIRC, etc.

The HF-Empire channel (#hfe) is registered at GameSurge, a popular Internet Relay Chat network devoted to the online multiplayer gaming community.

We also offer a web based client on this board that will directly go to the channel! This one is advised if you're very new to IRC and only wish to pay a visit for a bit. Direct link to webchat: http://webchat.gamesurge.net/